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Salomé Jashi
Georgian documentary director Salomé Jashi explains why she made Taming the Garden, how she made her other films and how she works.
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Hayao Miyazaki: Developing a Character
Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki speaks about developing characters for the film "My Neighbor Totoro." Part of the Academy's 13th "Marc Davis Celebration of Animation: Hayao Miyazaki." Held at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on July 28, 2009.
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Francis Ford Coppola Breaks Down His Most Iconic Films
Francis Ford Coppola breaks down his most iconic films, including 'The Godfather,' 'The Godfather: Part II,' 'Apocalypse Now,' 'The Conversation,' 'The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone' and his newest, upcoming film, 'Megalopolis.' 'The Godfather' celebrates its 50th anniversary on March 24, 2022.
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Wanuri Kahiu's fight to bring Rafiki home
The latest from Wanuri Kahiu charts a precarious love story between two young Kenyan women in a society where homosexuality is banned. "Fun, fierce, and frivolous African art." This is how director Wanuri Kahiu defines Afrobubblegum, her vision for the future of filmmaking on the African continent. Her latest feature, which showed at Cannes, embodies this ethos perfectly. A love story between two young women (played by newcomers Samantha Mugatsia and Sheila Munyiva) in a society that still bans homosexuality, Rafiki is saturated with joy, heartbreak, and a richly effervescent cinematography that showcases Kahiu's native Nairobi in all its vibrancy. When Kena and Ziki first lock eyes, it's a genuine coup de foudre despite the fact their families are political rivals. The young women grow close, but as they are not able to show their attraction in public — or even to their relatives and friends — they are forced to sneak small moments in private. Together they create their own world, vividly evoked through Kahiu's filmic eye, where their love isn't anything other than an expression of their commitment to each other. The space they create, however, isn't immune to the biases of the outside world. Co-written with Jenna Bass (at TIFF last year with High Fantasy) and inspired by Monica Arac de Nyeko's story Jambula Tree, Rafiki is a celebration of love.
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Sofia Coppola Shares Her Rich Film Archival
The Priscilla director on her friendship with Kirsten Dunst, Marie Antoinette backlash and the influence of fashion on her films.
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Jabu Nadia Newman
Jabu Nadia Newman, is a young filmmaker and photographer who deftly explores a range of subject matter, from the provocative to the pop culture-esque, with emotion and humour. The interview was produced in October 2021 by communications and media specialist, Ondela Mlandu.
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Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck
Get into the creative mind of film director Lars von Trier and learn how reading in his world is connected with writing. Trier calls literature his “basic medium” and reveals his inspiration from writers as Thomas Mann, Leo Tolstoy, and Marcel Proust. He refers to dramaturgy as his “toothache” connected to his reading of Donald Duck, but writing is “the greatest kick you can get,” he says. Lars von Trier (b.1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter, whose prolific career spans almost four decades. His pivotal work is known for its technical innovation and examination of existential, social, and political issues. Lars von Trier was interviewed by Christian Lund at his home outside Copenhagen in November 2020.
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Shirin Neshat - Meet the Artist
Shirin Neshat’s photographs and videos address individual freedoms under attack from or repressed by social ideologies. Throughout most of Neshat’s career, she has been exiled from Iran, an outside observer of the increasing rigors of Islamic law’s effect on the country’s women and daily life. In 1990, Neshat visited Iran after twelve years. She was shocked to find women, following the 1979 Islamic revolution, forced to wear the chador, the traditional Islamic veil. Neshat returned to the United States to make the Women of Allah, 1994, a series of self-portraits in which she wears the chador. The women of Allah are more than icons of oppression; they are complex individuals with desires and ambitions, moving between intense private thoughts and emotions and public political involvement. Video courtesy The Broad.
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Spike Lee: My First Big Break
While Spike Lee is well-known for movies like "Red Hook Summer," did you know that if it wasn't for NBA superstar Michael Jordan and a pair of Nike Air Jordan sneakers, Lee--and Nike--might not be the icons they have become today? It all came down to a risky commercial shoot.
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Gaspar Noé Talks Love, 3D Sex, Drugs, and Intimacy
Six years after his groundbreaking, psychedelic epic 'Enter The Void', French Argentinian provocateur Gaspar Noé is back with his latest film – the shot in 3d, (very) sexually explicit 'Love'. The story follows film student Murphy (Karl Glusman) who enters a intensely passionate relationship with the unstable Electra (Aomi Muyock) as they invite their attractive neighbor (Klara Kristin) into their bed. We sat with Noé to discuss the film's range of critical reactions, working with non-actors performing actual sex and his process in creating one of year's most controversial films.
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Ace Norton
Ace Norton is a filmmaker born and raised in Venice, California, known for the visuals he creates on a variety of media platforms including music video, advertising, fashion, and film. He answered Canal180's questions… in bed.
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Josh and Benny Safdie’s Closet Picks
The duo behind DADDY LONGLEGS, HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT, and GOOD TIME stopped by the Criterion closet to grab some films. Below are (some of) their picks: ECLIPSE SERIES 35: MAIDSTONE and Other Films by Norman Mailer MEANTIME A MAN ESCAPED MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE FOX AND HIS FRIENDS BICYCLE THIEVES WALKABOUT THE MOMENT OF TRUTH BLOOD SIMPLE THE PLAYER IL POSTO TESS L'ARGENT
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Get into the creative mind of film director Lars von Trier and learn how reading in his world is connected with writing. Trier calls literature his “basic medium” and reveals his inspiration from writers as Thomas Mann, Leo Tolstoy, and Marcel Proust. He refers to dramaturgy as his “toothache” connected to his reading of Donald Duck, but writing is “the greatest kick you can get,” he says. Lars von Trier (b.1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter, whose prolific career spans almost four decades. His pivotal work is known for its technical innovation and examination of existential, social, and political issues. Lars von Trier was interviewed by Christian Lund at his home outside Copenhagen in November 2020.
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